Using Participatory Action Research to Teach Community Practice in a Post-Truth Era
Using Participatory Action Research to Teach Community Practice in a Post-Truth Era
Author(s): Candace Christensen, Inci Yilmazli Trout, Beatrix PerezSubject(s): Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Photovoice; participatory action research; community practice; social work education;
Summary/Abstract: This project focuses on the learning experiences of master of social work students in an advanced community practice course. The primary pedagogical method for the class was participatory action research, specifically the photovoice method. The MSW students completed a photovoice project focused on campus sexual violence in which they recruited students, outside the class, as participants. As coursework, students generated reflection papers, responses to readings, and focus group notes. These artifacts constituted the data for this project. The data analysis included grounded theory methods and a focus on post-truth politics, from which three categories emerged: (a) supporting cultural competence, (b) facilitating self-awareness (c) and viewing truth as multifaceted.
Journal: Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 41
- Page Range: 27-45
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English